MafiaMan

TCU and Baylor would obviously both be in. The argument against Florida State would be that they lost their conference championship game. But since they all of a sudden are 1 of only 3 teams left with one loss (excluding Marshall), they'd have to be in. Arizona would be the "best" two-loss team then? I wonder what the effect might be on conference "championship games" if somebody is left out of the top four thanks to a loss in such a game and two Big XII schools (in a conference without a championship game) make the top four?

Who were they bidding against for his services? Good grief, maybe they can get Ichiro for $9 million and talk Alfonso Soriano out of retirement for $8 million and REALLY solidify the outfield, LOL.

$10.5 million? WTF?

My wish list: Arizona beats Oregon (for the 2nd time this season) in Pac-12 title game... Missouri beats Alabama in SEC championship game... Wisconsin beats Ohio State in B10 title game... Georgia Tech beats Florida State in ACC championship... TCU and Baylor both win... Then what does the committee do?

Yes, Osborne did. And the first was in year TWENTY ONE of his coaching career. Had you been AD, you would have no doubt canned him long before 1994. I got it now, though. Hakstol is a mediocre coach, but if in years 21, 22, and 24 of his coaching career he wins national titles, that makes his first 21 years a success too.

I don't know any Michigan fans, nor have I ever had any conversations with Michigan fans who ramble on and on about how many titles the Wolverines have won. Probably because they've only won two of them since 1996. And, sorry, any Sioux fan who simply repeats the company line of 7>5 is just a tool. Anyone with any common sense would know that Minnesota and North Dakota are two of the top college programs in the country.

Clemson worked over South Carolina and Georgia Tech beat Georgia. FSU's win over Florida gave the ACC a 3-0 record against the SEC last weekend. Also, last time I checked, Georgia gave Auburn a 34-7 beatdown, so how good are the War Eagles, er, Tigers, at 8-4? And they gave Alabama all they could handle in Tuscaloosa. And why isn't Alabama "punished" for a 14-13 win over Arkansas? Apparently we're once again stuck with a system that forgets all about early season losses (Oregon and Alabama), shows total disregard for head to head games (TCU ahead of Baylor despite a loss to the Bears), and will eliminate a one-loss team from contention altogether should it lose its season finale (if FSU loses to a very good Georgia Tech team).

Says the guy who left the Tom Osborne conversation over in the FBS thread...let me refresh your memory: You suggest that Osborne's legacy is secure because of his 3 national championships...the first of which took him 21 seasons to obtain.

I liked Rich Rod and still do. In fact, I'm happy he's had success with Arizona. Disappointed at how his tenure in Michigan went. Had high hopes for Brady Hoke too, especially after his first season there. He's a good person, from everything I have read and heard about him.

Obviously, the wish list includes John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, and Les Miles. Florida, Nebraska, and Michigan all looking for coaches. Wow.

Lloyd Carr: 122 wins, 40 losses Rodriguez/Hoke: 46 wins, 42 losses

No surprise that Hoke is out at Michigan.

BC will be much better at the end of the year? What are you basing that on?

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=741544 Congratulations to former CC and Wisconsin head coach Jeff Sauer, who will be inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VUwh3WmxbzI Keith Olbermann on Gordie Howe... Gordie apparently suffered another major stroke yesterday...sounds like #9 is on his last shift.

I'm going with a cinderella pick as I think Izard County Consolidated is gonna take home the title.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/9891201 Interesting article from 2006 on Bryant and UAB...

It wasn't MacGyver, doofus. It was Magnum P.I. Hail Bison.

I've watched Lake State play twice this season - they are young and inexperienced. All three of their goalies are new to the program and if I heard correctly, 7 of their 8 defensemen are new as well. North Dakota should take the Soo Lakers out behind the woodshed this weekend. Book it.

Remember when the Patriots were America's "underdog" in the Super Bowl against the Rams?

Coach #2 is Dennis Franchione, who resigned at Alabama to take the job at Texas A&M. His tenure there was a disaster and he announced his resignation in the post-game press conference after the Aggiest had defeated Texas in the final game of the 2007 season. Coach #3 is the great answer to a trivia question. Mike Price, who left Washington State University (yes, THE Washington State University) to become the coach at Alabama...the end-result was unfortunate, but a foreshadowing of the dangers of the age of the internet and fan message boards everywhere.

To each his own, I guess. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that when the 1997 team 20-year reunion rolls around in a little more than two years, no one in attendance will waste time complaining about the 10 spot that the Gophers put on the board against them in early November of 1996.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855535/St-Louis-teens-beat-motorist-32-death-hammers-sparking-protests-Bosnian-community.html I'm assuming Al Sharpton and company are on their way over to help calm the Bosnian community...

If this team winds up winning the national title next spring, will some fans here STILL bitch about that 5-0 loss to Bemidji State in the first game of the season? Simple question.

Just to point out how quickly the football landscape can change...let's look at School A: 2000: 3-8 (Coach #1 fired) 2001: 7-5 2002: 10-3 (Coach #2 resigns) 2002-2003: Coach #3 is removed prior to even coaching a single game 2003: 4-9 2004: 6-6 2005: 10-2 (wins later vacated due to NCAA violations) 2006: 6-7 (Coach #4 fired and wins later vacated due to NCAA violations) At the start of the 2007 season, this school was on its 5th different football coach in 7 years. In his first season at the helm, this coach and team would finish 7-6. The program looks like a hot mess, right? 7 seasons later, this program is now the gold standard for college football and no one can seem to remember when they totally sucked. "School A" is none other than Alabama.